AN: This chapter is now in the time of the main story, read on!

Chapter 3. Paige POV:

Paige,

I won't be home until later tonight. Gotta go to a meeting and work late.

Love you,

Drew

Paige picks up the note, crumples it and throws it into the garbage can. He always seemed to have to be working late every other night. I guess that happens when you are a national baseball player. Paige was happy for Drew, it was his 7th year on the team. But, she hated the lonely nights where it was just her and Ralph for dinner. Ralph suddenly walked into the kitchen and wordlessly got some cereal for breakfast.

"Good morning, Ralph!" She said cheerfully with a plastered smile on her face. Paige was hoping for a 'good morning' back or at least for him to look at her; but no such luck. Ralph had always been quiet and hard to communicate with. Drew and a lot of other people thought that he had autism but she had her doubts against that, it just didn't seem like he did. Most people said she was just in a stage of denial but Paige didn't think so. Ralph sat down at the table and ate his cereal. Paige poured him some orange juice and placed it in front of him. No reaction. Paige was worried all the time that he would never be able to communicate with other people well. Ralph finished his breakfast and Paige gathered up all his school stuff and placed it into his bag. "You ready to go?" She asks him and he nods slightly grabbing his bag from her hand. Paige's heart lifts at the movement. With a genuine smile on her face she walks Ralph out of the house and to the car. "You excited for school today? You have a big test today, right?" She asks trying desperately for him to talk to her. She pulls out of the driveway and drives to the school.

"I have a test in Science." He tells her factually while looking out the window. Paige notices he doesn't say anything about if he is excited or not. But based on the reaction he has to school most days, she'd say he probably isn't. She pulls up in front of the school and turns her head back at Ralph.

"Have a great day at school, Ralph. I know you'll do great on your test." Paige says and knows it to be true. Ralph always got straight A's. Which was one reason she thought that he wasn't autistic in the way that the people thought, because he was great at communicating about math and science; just not with people. Ralph just nods and gets out of the car. Paige watches his back as he walks towards the school. Someone honks at her so she drives out of the way and towards her office. Her phone starts ringing as soon as she gets on the highway. She checks the caller ID, it's Drew. She wonders why he is calling, he never seems to call her anymore. None the less she answers and holds the phone up to her ear.

"Hey, Drew." She says as soon as she answers.

"Paige," Drew says and Paige swears it sounds like he'd been crying.

"What's wrong?" She asks quickly. Drew rarely got emotional about anything. The only times he'd seen him emotional was when he proposed, when they got married, and when she had Ralph. Other than that, nothing.

"It's Danny. He's dead." Drew says and Paige tries not to swerve off the road. She shouldn't have answered while driving.

"D-Danny?" She says blinking tears out of her eyes. Danny was number 23 on the team and he and Paige had known each other from conventions for the team that she was allowed to. Danny was always really nice, polite and funny. And to think he's dead...

"He was found in his apartment last night. Apparently he's part of some chain of murders that some people are doing." Drew says sniffling afterwards. A chain of murders? "Some people want some money so they're killing people until they get it. I overheard it from the police." Drew says answering her unsaid questions.

"That's so terrible, that Danny had to get involved in it." She says barely getting out Danny's name. Tears streamed down her face. It seemed some people would do anything for money.

"I agree. I'm guessing you saw the note, so have dinner without me. I have to go to a meeting with the managers at 8. See you later, baby." Drew says and Paige just sighs. She was used to Drew working late.

"Alright. See you later." She says and ends the call. As she drives her mind drifts off to Danny. His smile that no one would ever see again. His jokes that made everyone laugh. He was the team spirit lifter whenever the team lost. Now, he was gone. Personally she thought no one in their right mind would think that any amount of money was worth it to end multiple lives, but she guessed that these people were out of their minds. Her work complex was around the corner and it sat right in the center of downtown. It held multiple companies other than the company that she worked at. Parking in her usual parking spot she gets out of the car and walks towards the building. She worked at a music producing studio and she was one of the managers that worked at this building. Paige loved her job at the studio but it demanded late hours and lots of hard work. A slight summer breeze blew through the parking lot and one of Paige's papers flew out of her open bag. She chased it down and put it back in the bag. She almost laughed out loud at what she must've looked like, chasing down a piece of paper in the lot. She opens the doors into the modern style building and into the large atrium where the different companies split off. She walks towards the east wing where her office was and makes it there. Her office had pictures of Ralph, Drew and herself on the walls and shelves. She had a colorful lamp on her desk along with organised pencils, pens and more. She had just started to work when a man that looked in his early 50's with brown hair and sunglasses burst into the room.

"Mrs. Baker. We need you to help us find Drew Baker. He will be murdered if you don't help us." The man said. Paige stood up and faced him, a pair of scissors in her hand.

"What the heck?! Are you the people that murdered Danny?" She yelled at him and backed away, stumbling over her chair.. They basically threatened to kill Drew!

"No madam, I'm agent Cabe Gallo of homeland security and we are trying to stop the people who murdered Danny." The man holds up a Homeland badge for a moment and puts it back into his coat pocket.

"Okay, Mr. Gallo. Why was he murdered and why can't you find Drew yourself?" Paige asks putting the scissors back onto her desk.

"Mrs. Baker, Why don't you come with me and we can figure it out." Agent Gallo says. "And call me Cabe." He adds as an afterthought.

"Alright, Cabe." She says putting emphasis on his name. "And call me Paige."

AN: Thanks for reading! I know that practically everyone hates Drew so this chapter was a little easier to write because it seemed more in character for him... (I don't really like writing about him to be honest :) Please comment, review and PM me! It always puts a huge smile on my face when I get a review and it really motivates me to write, so the more you comment to more I write! See you later!